So I wrote a play that’s in inspired by the Tragedians. It’s called “GATHERING IN AULIS.” Euripides was my primary inspiration. Here’s page 1. #classicist #classicists #ancientworld #ancienthistory #mythology #ancientrome #ancientgreece

YouTube is telling me this is my channel's birthday. 15 million views, but more interesting, 2.3 million hours watched, which amounts to 262 years of total watch time during those 14 years. The guy Greg in my channel has "lived" for close to 5 times as many years as I have so far

***📚Book Giveaway📚*** Copies of Homer’s ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’, translated by Emily Wilson. Please retweet to enter. Winner to be drawn at random. Entries from both UK and abroad welcome. Last day for entry is 14/03/2025. Good Luck. 🙂🤞

@debscavator Thanks for liking my post. My daughter Meghan took your class at CSULB last semester and loved it! She got an A too.

That part with Argos was tear inducing, just like the book. Also when Eurycleia discovers the Scar on Odysseus’ leg, soooo spot on.

I saw The Return & loved it. There was a fun Easter Egg, when Telemachus asks his name, Odysseus tells him that he’s “Nobody” - a reference to Odysseus’s meeting with Polyphemus. #TheReturnMovie #RalphFiennes #JulietteBinoche #TheOdyssey #Odysseus #GreekMythology #Homer

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As a traveler, I'm both a proud American and a citizen of the world — and I've got a few thoughts on this coming election. This election is deeper than partisanship. It's far more than Republican versus Democrat. In the future, big challenges like pandemics, refugees, and

#ancient #Greece #aegean This is my map of Aegean Hellas. Am I missing anything?

In the current, Feb. 26, Publishers Weekly, my historical novel, PERICLES AND ASPASIA, is a "Must-Read." "A stellar, epic-length evocation of the golden age of Athens, rich with historical insight." Thank you, PW!

Explore the rise and fall of Miltiades in our exclusive Patreon episode. From Olympic glory to ancient Athens' politics, it's a tale of triumph and disgrace. #Miltiades #AncientGreece Listen to the free teaser: https://t.co/xU5zts3JfN Full Episode: https://t.co/xIB1wm1WWs

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Also, because Hera blinded him, Zeus gave him the power of prophecy. A god can’t undo what another god does, so that’s why he gave him prophetic powers instead of returning his sight. If you know the reason Hera blinded him, you know a great myth!

#ClassicsTober23 Day 30: Tiresias The prophet Tiresias is transformed into a woman by the goddess Hera, after striking two copulating snakes with a stick. He returns to his original form after 7 years. He appears in many myths, plays & the Odyssey. He lived for 7 generations.

#ClassicsTober23 Day 29: Nemesis Nemesis is the primordial god of Divine Retribution. The offspring of Nyx. Here’s her family tree and siblings.

Preparation for making short film today with Paul Cartledge about Parthenon sculptures makes me more scandalised than ever about the British Museum's continued insistence on keeping this great artwork divided & BM pieces in the dingy squalor of the leaking Duveen Gallery @BCRPM

#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober23 Day 23 : Hephaestus His Latin name, Vulcan, gave us the word "volcano." His symbols include fire, anvil, axe, donkey, hammer, tongs, and quail.

#ClassicsTober #ClassicsTober23 Day 23 : Orpheus Don’t look back Orpheus, have faith! Orpheus and Eurydice, Carl Goos, 1830 C.E

#ClassicsTober23 Day 22: Midas Apollo became angry at Midas because Midas chose a saytr as a better musician than Apollo. So Apollo turned Midas's ears into those of a donkey as a sign of his foolishness. Moral of the story: Never choose a satyr over an Olympian.

How is Dolly the First Cloned Sheep similar to techno-wizard Medea's mythic Cauldron of Rejuvenation? The amazing story in #GodsandRobots